UFS, BMS And BLL, Pushing Consumer Non-Durables Industry Downward

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 72 points (0.5%) at 14,749 as of Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,049 issues advancing vs. 833 declining with 158 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits up 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.7%. A company within the industry that fell today was International Paper ( IP), up 1.44.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

3. Domtar ( UFS) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today. As of noon trading, Domtar is down $6.10 (-8.2%) to $68.34 on heavy volume Thus far, 748,012 shares of Domtar exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 309,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $67.45-$73.85 after having opened the day at $73.44 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $74.44.

Domtar Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes communications papers, specialty and packaging papers, and adult incontinence products worldwide. It operates in three segments: Pulp and Paper, Distribution, and Personal Care. Domtar has a market cap of $2.5 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 10.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

TheStreet Ratings rates Domtar as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Domtar Ratings Report now.